The revelation that the nation’s top security officials accidentally shared war plans with a journalist on Signal shocked Washington on Monday, even before people knew what was in them.
The chat, set up by national security adviser Mike…
Category: 3. Europe
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‘Amateur hour’: Washington aghast at Trump administration’s war plan group chat
Members of Congress and national security staffers were stunned Monday by a bombshell report that top Trump administration officials — including the vice president and Defense secretary — discussed war plans in a Signal group chat.
“Only…
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Allemagne : pourquoi les négociations de coalition se tendent
BERLIN — Pour Friedrich Merz, le plus dur commence maintenant.
Le futur chancelier conservateur a entamé les négociations de coalition avec les sociaux-démocrates en leur donnant exactement ce que les partis de centre gauche ont toujours…
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Zelenskyy addresses bust-up with Trump and Vance – POLITICO
American support for Ukraine has been in question since the Jan. 20 inauguration as Trump has frequently made clear his disdain for Kyiv’s leadership — a stance the Oval Office meeting brought into sharp focus. “In that moment there was…
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Trump threatens a 25 percent tariff on countries that buy oil and gas from Venezuela
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on countries that purchase oil or gas from Venezuela — escalating tensions with the country that has been a primary target of his administration’s sweeping deportation…
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Record online shopping fueling Europe’s textile waste problem, watchdog warns – POLITICO
In 2022, EU citizens bought about 19 kilograms of new clothes, shoes and other household fabrics each — up from 17 kilograms in 2019 — yet throwing out as much as 16 kilograms of clothes annually.
This created about 7 million metric…
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Judges in Hungary fight for an independent judiciary – DW – 03/24/2025
Lawyer Adrienn Laczo’s office in Budapest’s XII district is simply but elegantly decorated. Paintings hang on the dark gray walls. On her desk is a glass trophy from the association Mensa HungarIQa for highly gifted people.
Although she has not…
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Turkey scrambles to stop financial rout – POLITICO
Both the protests and the market fallout could have been worse, Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid said in a note to clients on Monday.
“The fact that he wasn’t charged with terrorism means the news isn’t as extreme as it could have…
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EU warns Turkey as Erdoğan’s repression intensifies – POLITICO
“As a Council of Europe [the international human rights organization] member and EU candidate, Turkey must uphold democratic values. The rights of elected officials as well as right of peaceful demonstration need to be fully respected,”…
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China trashes report it would put peacekeeping troops in Ukraine – POLITICO
The Chinese foreign ministry on Monday denied reports that Beijing could join a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine spearheaded by EU leaders.
“I would like to emphasize that the reports in question are completely…
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